Soviet final retreat

Soviet final retreat; AFGHANISTAN: Sandy Gall to camera SOF USSR / AFGHANISTAN: MS SIDE journalists sitting on benches in Soviet paratroop plane border EXT A/G Salang Highway running through snow-covered land TRACK R-L Masar-I-Sharif: MS Afghan man standing next market stall with bowls of beans PULL OUT stall MS Man stands next pile of carrots and other vegetables on ground BV People away past row of market stalls CMS SIDE men along R-L across street as horse-drawn carts towards and away behind them MS Line of men, former Mujahaddin fighters who have gone over to the Afghan government PAN L-R CMS Man speaking (giving reason for defection) CMS Man speaking (saying he feels safer on the government side) TCMS Feet of men CMS Man with rocket launcher slung over shoulder as others stand behind him MS Short, squat defence tower with slits for observation LA SIDE guard (militia) standing behind rampart of tower GV Plains as snow-covered mountains in distance PAN R-L defence tower MS Guard looking over rampart of tower MS Soviet BMP-1 APC dug into trench, as soldiers seated on top of it LMS Line of Soviet trucks towards across plain as cars along L-R in b/g MS SIDE soldier runs along carrying rifle PAN L-R as others seen taking position behind low wall of earth in b/g CBV Soldier seated in gap in wall of earth LMS Soviet heli gunship along PAN R-L LMS Low building of Soviet outpost MS Outpost as APC dug into trench in front of it MS BMP-1 in trench as soldiers on top INT CMS SIDE Soviet soldiers seated around table TCMS Soldiers CMS Mounted photos of politburo members PULL OUT soldiers seated at table CMS Calendar with days crossed off and with circle round day 14 (the day these soldiers pull out) EXT CMS IAN GLOVER-JAMES I/C SOF TX:6.2.89/NAT AFGHANISTAN: Sandy Gall to camera SOF